1. Facebook Applications: The Basics

Facebook currently has more than 250 million active users.

Think about that for a minute. If Facebook were a country, its population would make it the world’s fourth largest. It would be larger than Russia, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, or any European nation. It ranks in the top ten most visited websites by the entire world’s top Internet research firms. It handles billions of page views per month. Facebook provides some extremely compelling statistics.

General Growth

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